| Title |
The ruin of all witches : : life and death in the New World
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| Names |
Gaskill, Malcolm.
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| Book Number |
DB112044
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| Title Status |
In Process
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| Language |
English
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| Annotation |
"In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, resentment and denunciation. The finger of suspicion soon falls on a young couple with two small children: the prickly brickmaker, Hugh Parsons, and his troubled wife, Mary. Drawing on rich, previously unexplored source material, Malcolm Gaskill vividly evokes a strange past, one where lives were steeped in the divine and the diabolic, in omens, curses and enchantments. The Ruin of All Witches captures an entire society caught in agonized transition between superstition and enlightenment, tradition and innovation." -- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Local Subject |
Unrated - UNRAT
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Nonfiction
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Parapsychology & Occult NonFiction - 130
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Social sciences - 300
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United States - History - 973
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| LC Subject |
Trials (Witchcraft) - Massachusetts - Springfield - History - 17th century
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Witch hunting - Massachusetts - Springfield - History - 17th century
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Witchcraft - Massachusetts - Springfield - History - 17th century
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Springfield (Mass.) - History - 17th century
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Springfield (Mass.) - Religious life and customs
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Springfield (Mass.) - Social life and customs - 17th century
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| Call Number |
133.430974426 ANF
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress,
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| Original Publication |
Reissue of: [New York, New York] : Random House Audio, 2022. 9780593628027
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